Machine, AI, being, God? The best guarded secret of the country of Egypt, Former Earth. One which secured them their galactic future and survival, at the same time, damning them in the eyes of every nation of the Republic for an eternity.

At first glance, a primitive stone blade with animal hide securing it to a wooden shaft. Once picked up, with in the blink of an eye, the blade takes on the appearance and craft style of the wielders race, filling the individual with racial pride matched by no other...

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The Quiet Plague

A terrible affliction spreads through the land: A disease, highly contagious, which makes its victims mildly ill, but then permanently paralyzes the vocal cords. Dozens of reputed cures and protections are sold in the marketplaces, which gradually grow quieter and quieter...